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Francisco de la Torre Prados: ''Municipalities are the first guarantors of citizens’ rights''

Francisco de la Torre Prados: ''Municipalities are the first guarantors of citizens’ rights''
[13/03/2008]

Speaking before the Congress members at the opening of the plenary sitting, on 13 March, Mayor of Malaga Francisco de la Torre Prados underlined that ''this session contributes to shaping the future of a better, more cohesive and more efficient Europe for its citizens''. ''Municipalities are the first guarantors of citizens’ rights and, for this reason, we need to be equipped with instruments necessary to ensure their defence,'' he said. ''One of the still pending tasks of the young Spanish democracy is the resolute and decisive transfer to local municipal governments of corresponding competences, in application of the principle of subsidiarity,'' concluded de la Torre Prados.
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